Vice and Virtues: Phillip Hallie: From Cruelty to Goodness

persistent pattern of humiliation that endures for years in a community, but the victimizer and victim find ways to downplay that any harm is being done.

The part of a sentence that contains the action, tells what the subject is or does (verb) ex) -climbed- Bill climbed to the top of the rope.

Clear; having only one possible meaning 2. absolute

Characterized by a modest and natural manner; not prone to showing off

Trying to explain a viewpoint 2. , to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner

The study of the history of words, their words and their origins, how their meanings have changed over time.

Daily, recurring every 24 hours

attacking them by amercing them in their own excrement. An extreme form of dehumanization. Any Jew who managed to retain some human behavior in this case is a hero. No one could imagine the pain and suffering and these people managed to retain some dignity.

of, belonging to, or characteristics - Gap

adv. in a way that relates to beauty or appearance

(adj.) effective, producing results

expressed in few words; concise; tense

Facial expression or face (n); approve or tolerate (v)

Controlling influence; domination

An aspect of a speaker's credibility that reflects whether the speaker is perceived as energetic.

A word that means the opposite of another word.

Idea that something is right because God commands it, God commands it because it is right.

Codes of conduct by which actions are judged as right or wrong, fair or unfair, honest or dishonest.

Are data that can be verified by observation.

Who am I? Where have I come from? Where am I going? We find them in the sacred writings of Israel, the poetry of Homer, the tragedies of Euripides and Sophocles, in Plato and Aristotle.

Says what you should do.

To cause suffering.

Thou Shalt Not.

not permitted behavior (animal cruelty).

Difficult to see, vague

Morality is not objective but rather reflective of the culture environment or circumstances.

1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor.

The victim knows he is being hurt and the victimizer know it too.

A mindset that people of Jewish heritage were inferior to other races; Prejudice against Jews.

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having excellent morals, righteous, ethical, noble.

(adj.) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous.

to establish, make or create.